THE SIXTH ANNUAL "TRI FOR A CURE" TRIATHLON RAISED MORE THAN ONE- POINT-THREE MILLION DOLLARS FOR THE MAINE CANCER FOUNDATION. GOOD EVENING, I'M ALY MYLES... THE ALL WOMEN TRIATHLON INCLUDES A THIRD OF A MILE SWIM, FIFTEEN MILE BIKE RIDE AND THREE-MILE RUN ALONG THE SHORES OF CAPE ELIZABETH AND SOUTH PORTLAND. AND AS W-M-T-W NEWS 8'S KATIE THOMPSON EXPLAINS... WHEN IT'S ALL SAID AND DONE...THESE TRIATHALETES SHARE A VERY SPECIAL BOND. ON A BEAUTIFUL MAINE MORNING, MORE THAN A THOUSAND WOMEN ARE HAPPILY JOINED TOGETHER AND TOGETHER, THEY ARE JOINING THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER IN MAINE. AT THE TRI FOR A CURE, EVERYONE HAS A STORY. "I AM A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR." "LAST YEAR MY MOTHER IN LAW PASSED AWAY REALLY QUICKLY OF CANCER." "I HAVE A BREATHING CONDITION AND IM FINALLY HEALTHY SO I WANT TO CONQUER THIS" THEIR STORIES MAY DIFFERBUT AS THEY SWIM, BIKE AND RUN, THEY ARE ONE. "THIS IS ABOUT WOMEN HELPING WOMEN FAMILIES HELPING FAMILIES AND BEING SUPPORTIVE THROUGH ALL OF THE GOOD TIMES AND THE DIFFICULT TIMES WE HAVE AND THIS IS A CELEBRATION OF LIFE FOR US." MAINE'S LARGEST TRIATHALON, IS MADE UP ENTIRELY OF WOMEN.BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT MAKES IT SO DIFFERENT. "THERES FEW RACES WHERE YOU'RE CRYING BEFORE THE GUN GOES OFF." THROUGH CHEERS.. AND TEARS. IT'S THE EMOTIONAL CONNECTION THAT THESE WOMEN SHAREWHEN THEY CROSS THE FINISH LINE "ALL OF US HAVE CANCER SURVIVORS AND NOT SURVIVORS AND BIG LIFE CHANGES AND THIS WAS AWESOME THIS MADE EVERYTHING POSITIVE." AND TOGETHERTHESE WOMEN PROVE THAT ANYTHING, EVEN THE FIGHT AGAINST CANCER, IS POSSIBLE. IN SOUTH PORTLAND, KATIE THOMPSON, W- M-T-W NEWS 8.